Overview

• The Basque Government has committed €153 million through 2028 to build quantum infrastructure, including a five-story Ibaeta Quantum Pole in San Sebastián
• IBM Quantum System Two, featuring 156 qubits housed in a modular cryostat design, will be installed between October and December 2025
• Its expandable architecture is designed to integrate future upgrades and remain compatible with IBM’s forthcoming Starling supercomputer
• Donostia’s emerging “quantum mile” will link the new hub with DIPC, Nanogune and other research centers to foster a local quantum ecosystem
• IBM plans to deploy Quantum Starling—a fault-tolerant machine targeting 200 logical qubits and error correction—by 2029 to advance reliable quantum computing